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Eureka Park

Eureka Park from directly overhead

Eureka Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 307 m. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Melrose Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.4 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.28744, -79.96099

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Melrose Park: 0.3 mi
  • Loudon Park: 0.8 mi
  • Washington Park: 0.8 mi
  • Southwest Historic District: 0.8 mi
  • Perry Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
Museums: 12
Nature reserves: 10
Gardens: 8
  • George Washington Carver Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Mountain View Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Beale Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Artworks: 8
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 3
  • Tinker Cliffs: 10.6 mi
  • Dragon's Tooth: 12.7 mi
  • Lovers Leap: 18.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
Springs: 2
  • Spring Well #25: 21.1 mi
  • Big Spring: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Eureka Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poor MountainWSW 240°1,141 m12.2 mi
Cahas MountainSSW 194°1,083 m12.1 mi
Fort Lewis MountainW 278°998 m11.0 mi
Bent MountainSW 220°975 m12.5 mi
McAfee KnobNNW 330°974 m8.4 mi
Bull Run KnobSW 220°972 m12.5 mi
Masons KnobSSW 207°961 m8.7 mi
Hemppatch MountainSW 219°935 m10.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5819:32
June solstice06:0020:0520:44
September equinox07:0818:4419:19
December solstice07:3116:2617:06

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384148586674787670594841
Precip in3.22.93.53.54.34.74.33.44.13.03.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke-blacksburg Rgnl AP, 2 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly69 obs
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron22 obs
  • lesser celandine19 obs
  • American pokeweed17 obs
  • American Robin16 obs
  • Amur honeysuckle15 obs
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee15 obs
  • DeKay's Brownsnake14 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/38318613

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